they readily discuss their business arrangements : including percentages , lifestyles , knockin ( stealing another pimp's ho ) , and the thrill they get from women giving them money .

these dudes needed no prompting to talk , as they just love to brag about about themselves .

" priests need nuns , '' yaps c-note , a san francisco pimp .

" doctors need nurses .

so ho's need pimps . ''

as he tries to persuasively make the same case all the other pimps in the film make ; that the girls need them to show them the ropes , how to make money , to be their security blankets , protectors , and counselors .

the race issue was brought up right from the film's onset , as a number of white interviewees , regular citizens , note that their impression of a pimp , is that he's the lowest form of human .

while , we are told , in the black community , the pimp is looked upon as a successful entrepenaur , riding around in fancy cars , flashing wads of money , dressed in a flamboyant style , where his snake-gaiter shoes might cost him a grand , and where he boasts hollywood style status in the community .

we also see that the black pimps have a number of white girls in their stable and we see how they treat them like dirt , as the film implies that this could be payback for the days of slavery , of master and slave relations .

the film was all about pimp style and their projected image , as they run a hard-sell riff about the virtues of their work .

there are different styles of pimping , but the film mentions them only as being " macks " and " players " or " real pimps " and " perpetrator pimps , " but no further clarity is attempted .

it is also failed to get the women's side to this story of abuse , primarily taking the pimp at his word .

the film could never get to the core of what makes the pimp think in such a perverted way as he does , as the filmmakers were taking for a ride by the pimps , who were looking only to pose in front of the camera and say their thing , hungry for their 15-minutes of fame .

the only laughs i got out of this bleak look at an american subculture , was hearing how a few pimps retired and what they are now up to .

danny brown became a blues singer so he could keep his pimp's wardrobe .

while a hollywood pimp called rosebudd , married his ho and turned square , working to support his wife and daughter as a telemarketer .